Clothes-drum-door construction.



H. W. EDEN.

CLOTHES DRUM DOORVCONSTBUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED .I AN- 26. 1914.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

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'H. W. EDEN.

CLOTHES DRUM- DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 26, 1914 .1, 1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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CLOTHES-DRUM-DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed January 26, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD XV. EDEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Drum-Door Constructions; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Clothes drums in washing machines heretofore constructed have been more or less in convenient of access, owing to poorly designed doors which afford a means whereby the clothes are torn duringremoyal or insertion from or into the drum.

This invention relates to a clothes drum having doors associated therewith which, when opened, are adapted to lie in a position with their margins abutting the sides of a tub in which the drum is submerged, thus bridging the space between the drum and tub and preventing clothes or other an ticles from falling into the tub beneath the drum. By my invention the doors of the clothes drum are also conveniently disposed so as to rest against the side of the tub, on one side beneath a wringer so that clothes moving through the wringer are properly guided and prevented from falling into the tub beneath the clothes drum of the washing machine.

It is an object of this invention to construct a perforated clothes drum having doors conforming to the curvature thereof, said doors adapted, when in open position, to rest against the side walls of a tub.

It is also an object of this invention to construct clothes drum of perforated material having a pair of doors mounted longitudinally thereof, also of perforated material, said doors adapted to open outwardly, and when in closed position conforming to the curvature of said drum.

It is also an objectof this invention to construct a clothes drum having curved doors thereon ada ted when in open position to contact the side walls of a tub of a washing machine in which said drum is immersed.

It is also an object of this invention to provide doors on a clothes drum adapted to afford a guard and draining means for Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Serial No. 814,413.

clothes being removed or inserted in or from said drum.

It is finally an object of this'invention to construct a device composed of few parts of durable construction, simple in operation, and particularly well adapted for the purpose intended.

'l'he invention (in a preferred form) is hereinafter more fully described and defined in the accompanying drawings and specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a central section through av washing machine showing a clothes drum in elevation mounted there'- in, with the doors thereof in open position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the clothes drum. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sec tion on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, illustrating a latching means for the doors. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary endelevation ofsaid latching means. Fig. 5 is a detail of the hinge connection for said doors on said clothes drum. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary section illustrating the overlapping relation of the doors in closed position.

As shown in the drawings: a conventional. type of washing machine is denoted by the reference numeral 1, a clothes wringer 2, being mounted at one side and on the upper portion thereof, and an electric motor 3, for driving the various operating parts of the machine also being mounted thereon. A clothes drum 4:, constructed of perforated or screen-like material, is journaled to rotate in said. machine, suitable connections being provided for the purpose, but for convenience of illustration, not shown. Means are provided for affording access to the clothes drum, and this comprises hingedly mounted doors 5 and 6, respectively, the latter of which overlaps the former to retain the same in closed position, said doors being composed of perforated material similar to that on the drum. A binding strip of sheet metal 7, is secured on said drum 4., covering the terminating edges of the perforated material extending therearound. and a similar strip 8, forms the edge of the doors, each of said strips being formed to afford a hinge connection therebetween, as shown more clearly in Fi 5. The outer margin of the door 6, is slightly offset in order to extend over and overlap the outer edge of sa d door 5. when the doors are in closed position, and for the purpose of maintainlng the same closed, a

latch 9, is pivotally mounted on the outturned flange 10, of each of the drum ends 11.

The operation is as follows: When it is desired to insert or remove clothes from the clothes drum the same is positioned with the doors therein on the upper side thereof, and upon swinging the doors into open position the outer edges thereof will contact and lie against the side walls of the tub, thus preventing rotation of the drum and at the same time attording a draining support for the clothes and guarding against dropping of the same into the tub beneath the clothes drum. Of course, when the machine is to be set in operation the overlapping doors are closed and the latches 9, locked thereover, and the clothes drum may then be rotated, the latches 9, being suiticiently strong to maintain the doors in closed position at all times, except when opened by an operator.

' I am aware that various details of construction may be Varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention. However, I believe the application of hingedly mounted doors adapted to contact the sides of a tub to atford a support for clothes when in open position is broadly new, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim asany invention:

In a device of the class described, a tub having its upper end open, a wringer mounted on one wall thereof at the open end of said tub a clothes drum journalcd within said tub, and doors hinged on said drum adapted to be swuna' open to bridge the spice between the upper portion oi the tub walls and the clothes drum with said doors resting against the tub walls, one of said doors affording; a draining support for clothes to be p; d through the wrinn'er permitting the drain water to llow back into the tub.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HAROLD V. EDEN.

\Vitnesses CHAnLEs V. HILLS, Jr, Ln Roy D. Kinny.

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' Washington, D. C. 

